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Manchester City 0-1 Arsenal - September 25, 2004 / Premier League 2004/2005

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Premier League 2004/2005 - Round 7

City of Manchester Stadium - Manchester - England

September 25, 2004

47 015

Manchester City

0 - 1

Arsenal

14'

Ashley Cole

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14' - Goal Ashley Cole

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64' - Substitution José Antonio Reyesis substituted by Gaël Clichy

76' - Substitution Paul Bosveltis substituted by Steve McManaman photo Willo Flood

76' - Substitution Jon Mackenis substituted by Willo Flood76

88' - Substitution Freddie Ljungbergis substituted by Cesc Fàbregas photo Robin van Persie

88' - Substitution Dennis Bergkampis substituted by Robin van Persie

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

0 - 1

Arsenal

Manchester City Arsenal

Team line-ups

Manchester City

1 James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

5 Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age26 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

22 Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Sun

Jihai Sun

China

B.date30/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

18 Mills

Danny Mills

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

26 Bosvelt76

Paul Bosvelt

Netherlands

B.date26/03/1970

Age34 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Sibierski

Antoine Sibierski

France

B.date05/08/1974

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

24 Barton

Joey Barton

England

B.date02/09/1982

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

29 Wright-Phillips

Shaun Wright-Phillips

England

B.date25/10/1981

Age22 years

H1m66

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Macken76

Jon Macken

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/09/1977

Age27 years

H1m78

positionStriker

39 Anelka

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age25 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David James		34	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sylvain Distin		26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Richard Dunne		25	149	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Jihai Sun		26	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Danny Mills		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Paul Bosvelt	76	34	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Antoine Sibierski		30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Joey Barton		22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Shaun Wright-Phillips		22	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jon Macken	76	27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	F	Nicolas Anelka		25	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

1 Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Germany

B.date10/11/1969

Age34 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

28 Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

23 Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

12 Lauren

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

3 Cole14

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

4 Vieira

Patrick Vieira

France

B.date23/06/1976

Age28 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

17 Edu

Edu

Brazil

B.date15/05/1978

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentre Midfield

8 Ljungberg88

Freddie Ljungberg

Sweden

B.date16/04/1977

Age27 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Reyes64

José Antonio Reyes

Spain

B.date01/09/1983

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Bergkamp88

Dennis Bergkamp

Netherlands

B.date10/05/1969

Age35 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

14 Henry

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jens Lehmann		34	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		23	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Sol Campbell		30	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lauren		27	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole	14	23	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Patrick Vieira		28	366	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Edu		26	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Freddie Ljungberg	88	27	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	José Antonio Reyes	64	21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dennis Bergkamp	88	35	362	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Thierry Henry		27	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

185

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
44	M		Willo Flood	76	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M		Steve McManaman	76	32	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	D	Gaël Clichy	64	19	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Cesc Fàbregas	88	17	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Robin van Persie	88	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David James

Ronald Waterreus

OUT

Richard Dunne

Ben Thatcher

OUT

Nicolas Anelka

Willo Flood

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sol Campbell

Pascal Cygan

OUT

Edu

Gilberto Silva

OUT

Dennis Bergkamp

Robert Pirès

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

152

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Keegan vs Arsenal

4 victories

0 draw

9 losses

Latest figure on September 25, 2004

Keegan vs Wenger

0 victory

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on September 25, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

449

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Wenger vs Manchester City

7 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 2004

Wenger vs Keegan

6 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 25, 2004

Referee

Neale Barry

1 victory	2 draws	6 losses	Manchester City9 matches	General total	Arsenal16 matches	11 victories	5 draws	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Manchester City2 matches	Season total	Arsenal3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 16, 2005					Latest figure on May 02, 2005

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Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 11 consecutive losses vs Arsenal running (since 20/08/1994). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/01/1933 (8 matches)

Manchester City keeps its 15 consecutive matches without a win vs Arsenal running (since 28/09/1992). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 06/02/1954 (14 matches)

Manchester City keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw vs Arsenal in Premier League running (since 20/08/1994). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/01/1933 (8 matches)

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 1-0 Newcastle United01/05/2004

VManchester City 5-1 Everton15/05/2004

DManchester City 1-1 Fulham14/08/2004

VManchester City 4-0 Charlton28/08/2004

LManchester City 0-1 Everton11/09/2004

VManchester City 7-1 Barnsley21/09/2004

Overall

LLiverpool 2-1 Manchester City21/08/2004

LBirmingham City 1-0 Manchester City24/08/2004

VManchester City 4-0 Charlton28/08/2004

LManchester City 0-1 Everton11/09/2004

VCrystal Palace 1-2 Manchester City18/09/2004

VManchester City 7-1 Barnsley21/09/2004

Current form

Away

DTottenham 2-2 Arsenal25/04/2004

DPortsmouth 1-1 Arsenal04/05/2004

VFulham 0-1 Arsenal09/05/2004

VEverton 1-4 Arsenal15/08/2004

VNorwich City 1-4 Arsenal28/08/2004

VFulham 0-3 Arsenal11/09/2004

Overall

VArsenal 5-3 Middlesbrough22/08/2004

VArsenal 3-0 Blackburn25/08/2004

VNorwich City 1-4 Arsenal28/08/2004

VFulham 0-3 Arsenal11/09/2004

VArsenal 1-0 PSV Eindhoven14/09/2004

DArsenal 2-2 Bolton Wanderers18/09/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	13	16
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	6	11
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	5
1	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.5
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3.67
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
1-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-1 (2 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nicolas Anelka	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Thierry Henry
Nicolas Anelka	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	José Antonio Reyes
Nicolas Anelka	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Thierry Henry
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Thierry Henry
Nicolas Anelka	5 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 7 assists during the last 6 matches	Thierry Henry

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

27 v

21 d

32 l

109 gf

114 ga

Away

80 matches

13 v

16 d

51 l

72 gf

157 ga

Total

160 matches

40 v

37 d

83 l

181 gf

271 ga

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

51 v

16 d

13 l

157 gf

72 ga

Away

80 matches

32 v

21 d

27 l

114 gf

109 ga

Total

160 matches

83 v

37 d

40 l

271 gf

181 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 02, 1912
Home	4 - 0	January 18, 1908

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 28, 2000
Away	5 - 1	February 22, 2003

Latest head to head

February 01, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Arsenal

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

August 31, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Manchester City

1 - 2

Arsenal

February 22, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Manchester City

1 - 5

Arsenal

September 10, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Arsenal

2 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 11, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Manchester City

0 - 4

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Francis Lee	4 goals	1968 - 1973
Dennis Tueart	4 goals	1974 - 1980
David White	3 goals	1990 - 1991
Joe Hayes	3 goals	1961 - 1963
Colin Bell	3 goals	1968 - 1971
Nicolas Anelka	3 goals	2002 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

John Radford	10 goals	1967 - 1974
Thierry Henry	5 goals	2000 - 2004
Brian Talbot	4 goals	1981 - 1983
Alan Smith	4 goals	1991 - 1994
Sylvain Wiltord	4 goals	2000 - 2003
Liam Brady	3 goals	1978 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Joe Corrigan	21 matches	1969 - 1982
Alan Oakes	21 matches	1960 - 1975
Colin Bell	21 matches	1966 - 1978
Michael Doyle	19 matches	1967 - 1977
Paul Power	18 matches	1975 - 1986
Tommy Booth	16 matches	1968 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

David O'Leary	25 matches	1975 - 1991
Pat Rice	20 matches	1970 - 1979
Peter Simpson	18 matches	1967 - 1977
George Armstrong	18 matches	1962 - 1976
Sammy Nelson	18 matches	1971 - 1980
Peter Storey	17 matches	1967 - 1974